Improvement in farm-fences



A. MILLER.

Farm-Fence.

Patented Aug- 24,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

ANDREW MILLER, OF GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM-FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167,007, dated August 24, 1875; application filed June 12, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, ANDREW MILLER, of Guntersville, Marshall county, Alabama, have inventeda new and Improved Fence, of which the following is a specification My improvement in fences consists of one of the upper boards of the panel extended a little longer than the others, to drop into a slot or notch in the top of the post, while at the lower part the corners drop alongside of stop-cleats nailed on the posts, in combination with cleats on the middle portion, which, at the same time, drop down on the top of a stake on the'opposite side to the stop-block, which effectually holds the panel upright, and at the same time allows it to be lifted off the posts readily, to be removed. The posts are designed to be driven into the ground, and are not as high as the panels, being small and light, so as to be easily driven into the ground and taken out. The fence is designed for river-bottoms, and other places whcreit is desirable for any cause to have a good and'substantial fence that can be easily removed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a top view, of my improved fence.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the posts, which, when driven into the ground, are not quite as high as the panel, and have a slot or notch, B, in the top, in which the projecting end D of one of the upper boards of the panel drops at the same time that the bottom drops by the side of the stop-block E, or into one that is slotted or notched, also at the same time that the cleat F on eross-pieces Gr drops over the top of the stake H, which is in the opposite side of the panel to the stops E, and, together with them, holds the bottom firmly against lateral movement. The pin J, driven in the stake over the cleat F, holds the panel down to the ground. It is taken out when the panel is to be lifted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patcut-- The combination, with panel having projections D D, of top-notched posts A B, bottom stops E, cleated cross-pieces F G, stake H, and pin J, as shown and described.

ANDREW MILLER.

Witnesses:

JAMES P. WHITMAN, JOHN E. KILFoYLE. 

